FIFA player of the year and
France football award Ballon d'Or combined, award More...
Not exact matches
The Ballon d'Or began in 1956, when French magazine
France Football instituted an
award for European
footballers playing with European clubs, as voted for by European journalists.
France Football, who run the
award, announced the 30 - man shortlist which consists of seven Premier League - based players in the shape of Eden Hazard, David de Gea, Philippe Coutinho, Sadio Mane, Kevin de Bruyne, N'Golo Kante and the only Englishman Harry Kane.
«I want to show that I can also be a good coach in tough circumstances,» Zidane said in an article published on Tuesday in
France Football magazine, which gives the
award.
Four
France players have been nominated for the prestigious Ballon D'Or
award by
France Football.
Neymar settles for third again The prestigious
France Football magazine
award, which was first won by Englishman Stanley Matthews in 1956, is decided upon by a journalists» ballot, with each naming a top five from a list of 30.
Ronaldo won the inaugural Best FIFA men's player of the year
award last year following the end of a six - year merger between the FIFA honour and
France Football's Ballon D'Or.
France Football this week released the 30 - man shortlist for this year's Ballon d'Or
award, the first to be handed out since the organizers» breakaway from FIFA.
France Football, the organizers of the Ballon d'Or
award, are hopeful that Barcelona midfielder, Andres Iniesta will win the prize this year.
Technology is the way ahead» English referee Graham Poll praises goal line technology on Twitter after it was used to
award a goal to
France in their match against Honduras in the
football World Cup in Brazil this week